Stone Catches Top CID Awards
Winner, Residential Stone Installation
Concentric Complexity, San Antonio
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Installer: Cox Tile Inc., San Antonio
Designer: Hillary Conrey, Courtney + Company, San Antonio
Stone: Calacatta White and Honey Onyx marble
Suppliers: Palmer Todd Inc., Stone Solutions.
Installation: Nobleseal and TEC HydraFlex waterproofing; Nobleseal TS crack-isolation membrane; Denshield backerboard; Custom Building Products Prolinte mortar; Custom Building Products Earthmaster Grout and matching caulk.
Completed: February 2011
Seven different types of marble and onyx tiles combine to create patterns on floors and walls that highlight the concentric interlocking circles. Using the decorator’s design to create a master template, the contractor had the circles laser-cut and specifically numbered for installation.
Onyx is embraced by concentric circles of marble, surrounded by a 1” X 1” marble mosaic band and a 6” X 12” marble field custom-cut from 12” X 12” field tile and custom-beveled on the cut side. Trillium inserts are in the tub splash with the surrounding marble field; reverse circles frame the mosaic floor of the shower area.
Winner, Commercial Stone Installation
Smith Center for Performing Arts, Las Vegas
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Installer: Superior Tile & Stone, Oakland, Calif.
Designer: Gregory M. Haas, David M. Schwarz Architects, Washington
Competed: March 2012
Stone: Rosso Asaigo, Rosso Verona, Fior de Pesco light and dark, Emperador Dark, Zimbabwe Black, Grigio Carnico, Breccia Oniciata, Mystique, New St. Laurent, Breccia Paradiso, Crème Marfil, Daino Reale, White Quartz, Cedar
Supplier: Intertile Natural Stone Surfaces
Installation: LATICRETE waterproofing and crack-isolation membrane; LATICRTE Bright White, Mocha, Antique White, Sterling Silver, Slate Gray, Raven grout; Custom Building Products Snow White, Bay leaf grout (some materials used on ceramic tile on project); proprietary mechanical anchors.
The project included a large concert hall and two small theaters; white Indiana limestone clads the façade, with extensive marble floors of polished Fior de Pesco, light and dark in an alternating pattern. The walls are mixture of polished Rosso Asiago and Rosa Verona in book-matched and diamond-matched patterns.
